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three months ago...

Yinhu sent off Sebu Rongbao and his party, and also began to prepare his own luggage for Mongolia.Yinhu was not pampered since she was a child, not to mention comparing with princes, Yinyu, Yinrong and me who are well-born princes, life is far inferior to that of Yinzhen. Although this life is worse than the previous life, but Yinhu In her heart, she still has the simplicity of the past. When she is out of the house, she can easily prepare everything she can. There is everything at home, and there is nothing to add.

But Yinzhen always makes a fuss about going out of the palace to buy some decent things with myna.In fact, there are many good things in the palace, and he has been confined in the palace for a long time, and always wants to come out for a stroll.Yinhu also felt that there were fewer days to meet and more time to be separated, and he was reluctant to part with his younger brothers, so he chose a day of leisure, got a sign and brought Yinzhen and Yinxuan and me out.Yinzhen also clamored to be together, but he was weak, and Concubine Yi refused to allow it. Yinzhen comforted her and promised to bring back some new things for her younger brothers.

Yinhu looked at Xiaojiu who was becoming more and more like a brother, and felt a little bit ironic in his heart.Brother Eleven Yinxu passed away early in his previous life and died of illness at 35 years old. In this life, he has lived well to 36 years. He only suffered from a serious illness in the winter of 35 years. His body is still very weak, and he can’t bear a little cold. .In the previous life, Yintang was Yinzhen's younger brother, but I didn't see how close Yintang and him were, but it was very Yinzhen. I was about the same age, we could play together, play around, and be lawless.In this world, Yintang and Yintang became half-brothers by mistake, but they brought Yinti with them when they played, and they screamed loudly, and Yinti took care of him when he was sick, always pulling Yinxuan I'll go together to tease Yinxuan.

The three of them left the palace, but there was nothing good to go, so they walked around Liulichang. There are more shops here, and most of them sell Western gadgets. Yinhu's clairvoyance was given to Sebu, Yinhu didn't know, he just said If it is lost, I am afraid that Yinhu will feel bad, so I must buy a better one for him.

Looking at the clothes of the three elder brothers, the shopkeeper knew that they were sons of rich and noble families in Manchuria. They were all smiling, courteous on the surface, and secretly delighted in their hearts. They hurriedly introduced all kinds of new gadgets.But Yinhu has never seen anything good, whether it is a chiming clock, glass marbles, or enamelware, Brother Jiu dismisses it, and looks like an uncle whose things here are mere mediocrity, which only makes Yinhu couldn't bear it. stop laughing.

Yinrong, I don't care too much about these playthings. I fell in love with a short gun on the shelf. The handle of the gun is inlaid with rubies. It looks very luxurious.

"Shopkeeper, bring some gunpowder for this short gun. I want to try the gun." Yin Rong and I played with the gun in my hand, weighed it, squinted one eye, and raised the gun to try it out. Aim, put down again.

The shopkeeper felt sorry for the short gun, but he didn't dare to offend these young masters, so he could only apologize, and said: "You can't try this gun. It's a small shop, so you can't store firearms."

Yinzhen and I sighed in disappointment, Yinzhen quit, snorted, and said rather displeasedly: "Master's younger brother wants to test the gun, and you push back and forth, are you looking for trouble?" He said the shopkeeper Looking for trouble, I really have a temper of looking for trouble.

Yinhu was afraid that Yinhu would be unhappy and make a fuss, and the news would not sound good, so he quickly grabbed Yinhu and said softly: "Xiao Jiu, I'm afraid the shopkeeper may also have difficulties."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "It's still this young master who understands the difficulties of small businesses."

Of course Yinhu would not disobey Yinhu, but he was also unwilling to go along with the shopkeeper. He glanced coldly at his nodding and bowed appearance, and asked, "Your store here is good, and things are not expensive when they come in from the port. Selling it will naturally make a lot of money, and it is nothing more than a profiteer, so where are there so many complaints?"

Only then did the shopkeeper open up the chatterbox: "I don't know, I don't know. It's not easy to buy these things. I don't know how many joints I have to do up and down. The adults at all the gates have to send filial piety, and I have to give gifts every new year. Although the things in this store are not cheap, they can't make a lot of money."

"There are a lot of tariffs on these things?" Yinzhen seems to have some understanding. He has done a few businesses himself, and he is talented in these things. Hearing the shopkeeper's words, a vague idea formed in his mind. Although it was not formed, there was a vague shadow, which seemed to be there, but he stretched out his hand. Come but can't catch it.

"The Qing Dynasty's small tax is not heavy, but the business tax is not light, especially for this kind of thing that was exchanged from the West, the tax is doubled and multiplied. Only a few designated merchants can buy and sell, and the rest are just waiting. Seeing the good stuff here, it’s not allowed to come in and make some money.”

"Then your family can be regarded as an imperial merchant?" Yinzhen became interested, sat down and raised his legs and asked.

"I'm not talented, but I have some connections, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find such a good store." After speaking, she laughed like a flower again, making Yinzhen feel a little nauseous looking at it.

Yinzhen deliberately didn't look at him, and asked with a smile: "How hard is your career? I think you are trying to curry favor, otherwise why are you selling these things that ordinary people can't afford, and you are still here laughing and crying poorly."

How well Yinhu knew Yinhu, as soon as he said this, he knew that Yinhu had the idea of ​​a storefront in his heart.At this time, even if he wanted to stop it, he couldn't.Even the eighth elder brother can't persuade the ninth elder brother to stop doing these business affairs of merchants. Such things have always been Yinzhen's own master.Yinhu just looked at Yinhu talking to the shopkeeper with a light smile, and didn't say much.

The shopkeeper is also a person who is familiar with the world and the world. Hearing Yinzhen's meaning, it seems to be stronger than his backer.The shopkeeper rolled his eyes a few times and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I see that although the things in your store are not high-quality goods, they are still good. I might as well give you a trick. I have my own way to get through the joints. You will be responsible for finding cheap places to buy goods, and you will get a profit." Eighty percent. How about it?"

The shopkeeper looked at Yinzhen in disbelief, who the hell is this, who dared to speak so arrogantly at such a young age, and asked him for [-]% of the profit.

"Why, you're not willing to give up [-]% to me?" Yinzhen smiled, "Then I see that the price of the things in your store is so high, it's not all because of ordering too much, I'm afraid I'm still making huge profits. I don’t know how much tax was underpaid in the middle, so you might as well check it out when you get back, and see that your store is really law-abiding and doesn’t carry private goods.”

Yinrong, I saw that the shopkeeper turned pale with fright, turned the pistol in a circle in his palm, aimed at the shopkeeper, and said: "Shopkeeper, my ninth brother never speaks foolishly. You should listen to him Yes, or just wait for this store to be closed down by the government, our brothers don’t have much other skills, but this little thing is just a little effort.” After speaking, he took the handle of the gun and tapped the shopkeeper on the shoulder with the barrel , with an unfathomable appearance.

The two elder brothers grew up together since they were young, and they cooperated perfectly in doing this kind of thing, and the shopkeeper was so frightened that his feet softened without making a show.Xin Dao was afraid that he would really meet a big shot this time.If it is someone's young son, he must brag about his father's generation at this time, and he can easily deal with it if a big mountain is lifted out, but this kind of person who only cares about blackmailing people without revealing his identity, if he is not a rogue in the market, is really a clan that cannot be offended Yellow belt, judging by the clothes and conversations of several people, it is definitely the latter.

Before the shopkeeper could answer, another person came into the store, took a fan, and held two ivory handballs in his hands. They turned slowly and steadily, and he looked like a senior Beijing dandy.When the man came in and saw Yinhu and the three of them, he immediately laughed happily, lowered his hand holding the fan, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Oh, eighth master, ninth master and tenth master, what do you three think about this time? out for a walk..."

Yinhu was afraid that he would cause unnecessary trouble by revealing the identities of the three of them, so he hurriedly said: "Today, the ninth younger brother is clamoring to come out and buy some good things for me, so I will lead them out for a stroll." After finishing speaking, she was busy He winked at Orondai, glanced at the shopkeeper, and shook his finger lightly.

Erlundai didn't understand, but luckily he was not very respectful, so he walked over and put his arm around Yinhu's shoulders, and whispered in Yinhu's ear, "You can hear me, this errand is for us to go out together. Such a good thing, we should go to Wangchun Tower together."

Yinhu was helpless, angry that Erlundai was talking nonsense without knowing the depth.He knew about Wangchunlou, although it sounded a bit more fragrant, it was not a brothel, but a teahouse.The environment is elegant, and the boys who serve tea are all very good-looking. There are many dignitaries in the capital who love to go here.Officials of the Qing Dynasty were not allowed to engage in prostitution. Although the Wangchun Building also did some flesh and blood business, it was done in secret, and the waiters were all young men, so it was a loophole.

Fortunately, I didn't hear Yinhu and Yinyu clearly, but when Yinyu saw Erlundai hugging Yinhu's shoulder, he felt that this slave was too small, even though Erlundai was both his cousin and him. Cousin, but Yinhu's status in Yinhu's heart is extremely sacred, probably higher than Ama'eniang and other brothers, so it's not happy to be held in the arms of others like a child.

But Elundai didn't care about these things, he hugged Yinhu on one side, and hugged Yinyu on the other side, and said with a smile: "Master Jiu has grown up again recently, he should eat better when he grows up."

Although Elundai didn't understand Yinhu's words, he knew how to measure in his heart, and he didn't miss the identities of several people.But the shopkeeper knew Erlundai, seeing how respectful Erlundai was to these children, he was already terrified. Fortunately, he didn't treat the young masters as fraudsters just now. Blow it out, otherwise you probably won't even know why.

The four of them exchanged pleasantries, and it was only then that Yinzhen was interested in the items sold in this store.Although Elundai looks like a dandy outside, he is not really an ignorant child. Now that he has been promoted to lead the guards and internal ministers, he is even a first-rank official, and his family also has a lot of property.Elundai can also be regarded as Yinzhen's mother's family, although he is not as close as Tong Guowei's family, but he is not an outsider. With his power, Elundai made an agreement in a few words, and the slaves under Yinzhen's family will come forward to fight with this family. The shopkeeper makes a contract.

In the end, several of them bought some things and went back. Yinxuan, I bought the short gun, Yinhu bought a Russian book, and gave Yinhu a new clairvoyance.Although it is not as flexible as the previous one, it is exquisite and convenient, but it is rare to see very far and see things clearly, and it is worth the money.But walking on the road, Yinhu held Yinhu's hand all the way, as if he had made a deal, and he was not very happy.

After sending the two of them to elder brother's office, Yinhu grabbed Yinhu and asked softly, "Xiao Jiu, what's the matter?"

Yinzhen looked at Yinzhen and me, and the two of them almost said in unison: "I can't bear to let go of myna."

Yinhu smiled and stretched out his hand to pat my shoulder for fear of Yinxuan, then touched Yinhu's head, and said: "It's not like I can't come back."

Yinzhen seemed to be angry, and sat on the threshold without hesitation, hugging her legs and hanging her head.He didn't even look at Yinhu, and just cursed in a low voice: "I've only been back for a year, and I'm still busy with government affairs, and now I'm leaving again. Does Khan Ama have no other sons? Why do all the dirty work be piled up to myna?" Fuck, go to Mongolia again! What’s so good about Mongolia.”

Yinxuan, I looked at Yinzhen, then at Yinhu, shrugged, and sat beside Yinzhen silently.

"How did the ninth brother become ignorant when he grew up? Myna is here to let Xiaojiu have more good things to sell in the future, and more business routes to travel. You can come here by land." Yinhu sat down between the two of them, hugged one in each hand, and sighed softly: "You can't bear myna, and myna can't bear you either. Why don't I go back to my house today and stay in Sleep with you in the palace, okay?"